Sockeye Point

Sockeye Point (49˚41'00" 123˚50'00" S entrance to Narrows Inlet, E side of Sechelt Inlet, NW of Vancouver). The origins of this First Nation word are difficult to pin down, as many different Salishan languages and dialects have a word for this treasured species of salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). The term probably comes from the Halkomelem language spoken by the central Coast Salish people of the Lower Mainland and S Vancouver I and may refer to “the fish of fish,” or “finest species of...

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